Carbonara pasta
Servings Prep Time
1serve 10minutes
Cook Time
15minutes
Servings Prep Time
1serve 10minutes
Cook Time
15minutes
Ingredients
  • 60g dried fettuccine pasta
  • 27g lean baconapprox 1 rasher diced
  • 75g mushroomssliced
  • 15g spring onionssliced
  • 1clove garlic
  • 1tbsp grated Parmesan
  • 1/4cup long life reduced fat coconut milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1tbsp Cornflour
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Cook pasta as per cooking instructions. When ready, drain and return pasta to the pan you cooked it in.
  2. Heat a frying pan to medium high. Add bacon and cook for 3-4 minutes or until starting to turn golden and crispy.
  3. Add mushrooms and most of the spring onion (leave aside some onion as a garnish). Cook for a further 4-5 minutes, until mushrooms are tender and start to release their juices. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Add garlic and cook for a further minute. Remove frying pan from the heat.
  5. In a blow combine half the parmesan, the cornflour and the coconut milk. Pour this mix into the hot pasta in the saucepan. Add the egg and stir to combine.
  6. Place the saucepan with the pasta over a low heat, and stir to combine all ingredients, until the sauce starts to thicken. Sprinkle over a little more cornflour if sauce is too runny.
  7. Add the bacon and mushroom mix and combine well.
  8. Place in a serving bowl and top with remaining spring onion and parmesan.
Recipe Notes

438 calories per serve.

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Carbonara pasta
Carbonara pasta
Votes: 138
Rating: 3.72
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Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings
serve
Ingredients
  • 60 g dried fettuccine pasta
  • 27 g lean bacon approx 1 rasher diced
  • 75 g mushrooms sliced
  • 15 g spring onions sliced
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 tbsp grated Parmesan
  • 1/4 cup long life reduced fat coconut milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp Cornflour
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings
serve
Ingredients
  • 60 g dried fettuccine pasta
  • 27 g lean bacon approx 1 rasher diced
  • 75 g mushrooms sliced
  • 15 g spring onions sliced
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 tbsp grated Parmesan
  • 1/4 cup long life reduced fat coconut milk
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tbsp Cornflour
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Carbonara pasta
Votes: 138
Rating: 3.72
You:
Rate this recipe!
Instructions
  1. Cook pasta as per cooking instructions. When ready, drain and return pasta to the pan you cooked it in.
  2. Heat a frying pan to medium high. Add bacon and cook for 3-4 minutes or until starting to turn golden and crispy.
  3. Add mushrooms and most of the spring onion (leave aside some onion as a garnish). Cook for a further 4-5 minutes, until mushrooms are tender and start to release their juices. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Add garlic and cook for a further minute. Remove frying pan from the heat.
  5. In a blow combine half the parmesan, the cornflour and the coconut milk. Pour this mix into the hot pasta in the saucepan. Add the egg and stir to combine.
  6. Place the saucepan with the pasta over a low heat, and stir to combine all ingredients, until the sauce starts to thicken. Sprinkle over a little more cornflour if sauce is too runny.
  7. Add the bacon and mushroom mix and combine well.
  8. Place in a serving bowl and top with remaining spring onion and parmesan.
Recipe Notes

438 calories per serve.